watching the rain approach

Striking Out!

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April 9th 2010
When I graduated from Bowdoin last May, I never could have guessed the situation in which I would find myself nearly a year later: in a hotel room in a small town in Peru that serves as “the gateway to the Amazon,” stranded indoors due to a mining strike and the corresponding influx of angry protestors, living off stockpiled Ramen noodles and cans of tuna. Thus is life. Near the end of ... read more

South America » Peru

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Ancient Peru was the seat of several prominent Andean civilizations, most notably that of the Incas whose empire was captured by the Spanish conquistadors in 1533. Peruvian independence was declared in 1821, and remaining Spanish forces defeated in 1... ... read more